File on death of Paul Whitters closed until 2059

| 30 April 2018

PFC has become aware that a file directly relating to the death of Paul Whitters is held with the National Archives, but is closed until 2059 on the grounds outlined below. There are other files relevant to those that were killed by plastic bullets closed for 84 years, until 2071. This includes the...

Theresa May misled Parliament @ PMQs

Guardian ad with PFC, RFJ & JFF | 16 May 2018

Today a half page advertisement appeared in the Guardian Newspaper, calling out British Prime Minister Theresa May for misleading Parliament at Prime Minister's Questions regarding the investigations into conflict-related deaths in the north.

Dennis Heaney 40th Anniversary - statement from family

10th June 1978- 2018 | 06 June 2018

The family of Dennis Heaney (21), shot dead on the streets of his home town Derry by under-cover soldiers of the British Army’s 14th Intelligence Company (a cover name for the SAS) on 10th June 1978. A series of events to remember Dennis on the 40th anniversary have been arranged by the Heaney famil...

Breaking the silence on partition and British Colonial history (Published 31 July 2017)

Reflections 70 years after the partition of the Indian sub-continent | 11 October 2018

Many British south Asian families were caught up in the violence of 1947 when Britain partitioned India. Seventy years on, some are telling their stories for the first time. Kavita Puri is the editor of Our World and presenter of Partition Voices on BBC Radio 4

The PFC will oppose proposals in a report from the Westminster Defence Select Committee which recommends the protection from prosecution of British soldiers and RUC personnel, regardless of the evidence against them. This "Statue of Limitations", while coupled with a "truth recovery mechanism", woul...

The families of over 100 people, on both sides of the border in Ireland, murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force, in collusion with state forces including the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), have welcomed today’s High Court ruling.

"I AM JOHN PAT CUNNINGHAM"

London, 16th Sept, 11am | 14 September 2017

This weekend Justice for Northern Ireland Veterans are organising a protest in London entitled "I AM DENNIS HUTCHINGS". (11am at Horse Guard Parade London). Hutchings is currently being prosecuted for the attempted murder of John Pat Cunningham, a vulnerable adult, in Benburb in 1974.(Full case deta...

Families Challenge MoD and Prime Minister in London

Pat Finucane Centre | 26 October 2017

In November 2016 the families of Christopher Quinn and Kevin Heatley along with the Pat Finucane Centre utilised Advans in London to highlight the murders of their relatives and the appalling treatment they endured after the killings, in response to Theresa May's comments on those pushing for human...

The 1938 al-Bassa Massacre and the Royal Ulster Rifles

The nonsense of not knowing – the twists and turns of the on-the-runs

Brian Rowan | 05 April 2014

Every word that former PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde speaks next Wednesday will be analysed and scrutinised. It will be his turn to give evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – just days after retired Detective Chief Supt Norman Baxter alleged Downing Street interference to try to...